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Limonia acidissima
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citrus fruit tree
OverviewAI-generated
Limonia acidissima, commonly known as the Indian woodapple or keyta, is a species of plant in the family Rutaceae. It belongs to the order Sapindales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta within the kingdom Plantae. The species is utilized as a medicinal plant.
The native range of L. acidissima includes the Andaman Islands, Assam, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. It has been introduced to Cambodia, Fiji, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam. Its taxonomic range is also listed as the Tibet Autonomous Region and Myanmar. The flowering period for this species is March to May.
Synthesized by Vinony from 31 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, Encyclopedia of Life, Gbif Occ, Plants of the World, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, Limonia acidissima is referenced by 50 other articles, and connects out to Reference Daily Intake, Atalantia and English language.
Vinony files it under Aurantioideae, Citrus and Flora of the Andaman Islands.
Its subject is documented across 43 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderSapindales
- FamilyRutaceae
Fl. Per.: March-May.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 104
- With media
- 96
- Family
- Rutaceae
- Collections
- UCR, MICH, SD, US, BPBM, MNHN
- Recorded in
- United States, India, Myanmar, Fiji, Sri Lanka, Vanuatu, Thailand, Cambodge
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Image
- Limonia acidissima syn Limonia elephantum or Fernonia limonia (wood-apple) in Talakona forest, AP W IMG 8333.jpg
- Has use
- medicinal plant
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- Commons category
- Limonia acidissima
- taxon rank
- species
- taxon name
- Limonia acidissima
- taxon common name
- 象橘
- short name
- L. acidissima
- taxon range
- Myanmar
- external data available at URL
- www.gbif.org/dataset/93725bf2-6ada-47f9-bd5e-0e679e3d245e
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Encyclopedic overview
Limonia acidissima is the only species within the monotypic genus Limonia. Common names for this South Asian species in English include wood-apple and elephant-apple. It is sometimes also called monkey fruit.
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Limonia acidissima” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.